next up is a call from california. donald is on the line, a democrat. >> i would like to inquire on mitt romney's position on how he is going to handle social security any better than he handled the retirement systems of the companyies the bain industry managed. we know they ended disastrously. why isn't that the american public should trust him with their retirement system and their future when his past record shows that he cannot be trusted? >> thank you so much similar thought on twitter. next is a call from wisconsin. >> i would like to ask president obama if he is concerned about poor and the elderly, why is there is only a 1.7% increase in the social security this year, below is in 1974. with the gas prices of so high, it is not meeting the elderly's expectations, i do not believe. >> next is a call from georgia. this is james, who is an independent. >> what i would like to ask both candidates is keeping in mind that we have mounting insurmountable at debt from our dealings with china is how the candidates plan t